Congratulations on your progress and keep up the good work.Start by educating yourself on the market you're considering. - Unemployment rates, if new jobs are coming to the area, crime trend (use spot crime or the crime map in NewsBreak), median income trend, population trends, renters to owners ratio, hot zip codes, best school districts, path of progress and last but not lease price-to-rent ratios. 

Is your DSCR ratio greater than 1-meaning are you cash flowing (according to the lender's criteria of mortgage, property taxes and insurance (and HOA) if applicable).

I didn't go through with the formal application because it would be a credit hit.

The initial contact, pre-screening, and time-line to complete an application says a lot about prospective tenants.

With that in mind, how are the following issues handled in practice:When plumbing, HVAC, or other building systems require service, does the tenant independently select licensed and insured vendors and obtain all required permits where applicable?

You will get there.Formally, we can't advise you and the best loan for you without an application. 

Hard to tell in an application/ screening who is going to be a busy body... 

The Govstream pilot is designed to reduce errors at the front end by checking applications against city code, zoning rules, floodplain data, GIS mapping, and historic overlays before plans bounce back and forth for months.In simple terms: fewer surprises, fewer resubmissions, faster answers — with people still making the final decisions.This also feels long overdue.

So much of what goes in to tenant screening is not what a PM reads on paper but from sitting down face to face with prospective applicants.

Do an application, go through the first round of underwriting, maybe even order an appraisal depending on your timeframe.